Lahore, Feb. 7: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the dates of the one-day international series between Pakistan and Australia which would be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The series will be held from April 24 to May 7.

The series includes five one-day internationals beside a Twenty20 game.

The first two ODI's and the Twenty20 match will be played in Dubai, while Abu Dhabi will be hosting the remaining three one day games of the series.

Washington, Feb 7: Aussie swimming champion Libby Trickett has said that Michael Phelps is lucky to escape with only a three-month ban from competition following marijuana scandal.

The 24-year-old swimmer who holds 5 world records said that the penalty is "too lenient".

"Personally I think he''s extremely lucky and if it had fallen under anti-doping laws, the penalty could have been double and that would have cost him a spot at the worlds," Fox News quoted Trickett as saying.

Sydney, Feb 7: The Australian selectors in a surprise move have recalled Ricky Ponting for the February 8 ODI at the SCG against New Zealand, despite giving him a two-game break after the opening loss in Perth last weekend.

Ponting's mid-season holiday has been cut short in an effort to end Australia's horrible one-day campaign, which threatens to include a Chappell-Hadlee Series loss to an under-strength New Zealand.

Melbourne, Feb 7: Former Australian cricket players claim the leakage of the ugly dressing room spat between Michael Clarke-Simon Katich, is a sign of a disintegrating Australian cricket team.

Former pacer Mike Whitney insisted there had been similar physical spats like the Clarke- Katich clash in the past, but said there had always been a private pact to keep blow-ups behind closed dressing room doors.

Bielefeld, Germany - Hertha Berlin missed an opportunity to go to the top of the Bundesliga standings when they were held to a 1- 1 draw Friday at Arminia Bielefeld.

Former Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin gave the visitors the ideal start in the 12th minute when he ran onto a long free-kick taken deep in the Hertha half by Jaroslav Drobny.

Voronin's shot from an acute angle took a wicked bounce in front of Bielefeld goalkeeper Dennis Eilhof before hitting the back of the net.

Val d'Isere, France/Stockholm - Swedish ski star Anja Paerson Friday said she would continue to race at the ongoing alpine skiing world championships in France despite a second failed event.

Paerson, who appeared to suffer from pain in a knee, declined to offer details about her physical condition when interviewed by Swedish radio.

"I'll keep on racing," she said. "So far it is still possible to ski."